A few people asked for this recipe. The secret is soak/sprout your dried chickpeas. And you have to do ahead. Way ahead. One cup dried chickpeas One lemon plus juice of one lemon or lime. One cup raw sesame tahini. I buy from my local health food grocer. May be purchased on line....regular tahini may also be used...the sesame seeds are roasted....depends on how much of a raw purist you are :) Three or more cloves garlic. This is different for everyone. One-half cup cold pressed extra virgin olive oil One tsp citric acid (or more to taste.) One tsp sea salt. I use ce ...
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Today’s intake: Breakfast: .25 section canteloupe and 11 soaked almonds. Lunch: vine ripened cherry tomatos, cup of broccoli so fresh it was blue-green and a small handful of freshly shelled pecans, Thank you to my son for doing that for me. Snack: literally a spoonful of live ”Garden burger” as I was preparing a late lunch for my family Dinner: live hummus, with sliced vegetables for dipping in it. My garden burger blended with sesame and dehydrated for live ”falafel.” and Fruit for dessert. I made two very rich desserts for a potluck this weekend and need to ligh ...
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I so completely identified with what you were saying, about appetite and emotional eating...it has almost become second nature to me...before a bite enters my mouth...to question myself...am I really hungry, is this head hunger or tummy hunger...is this what I really want?....but when caught in the emotions..that is the last thing to think about....as I said..ALMOST second nature. I am so proud of you for losing eighty pounds...that is wonderful!! KUDOS to you. I know what hard work,courage and dedication is involved. Take care and enjoy your wonderful meal tonight!   [End]
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I do understand the depression, having dealt with that for almost two years myself...when I went raw the first time..I cut back on my meds, this time I have almost completely weaned myself off them....not that they were really meds...I take SAMe and several other supplements. I was not surprised when I saw that you cut back on the hummus...I know...I love it two and so easy to make raw...I am glad it helped though. I made a cake with tahini, flax, etc. for a potluck today and I am wondering how it is going to affect all those dead food eaters who ate one or more HUGE slices....and unacc ...
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The ones I use the most are: Eating without Heating--Sergei and Valya Boutenko...Victoria amd Igor’s Kiddos. Living on Live Food--Alyssa Cohen and my absolute favorite--Beautiful on Raw--Tonya Zavasta   [End]
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Attended a potluck dinner today and I prepared several raw dishes...they went over fairly well...several people asked for recipes...particulary for the two desserts that I took. I never did say that they were raw dishes...however when I told how to make...two ladies were really impressed that there was no cooking involved...although one didn’t quite believe that the ”cake” required no baking.... Best of all though, with my own live food to choose from, I didn’t have to be tempted by all this dead stuff. Avoiding the meat is easy...but when strictly vegetarian, its hard to eat at some ...
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Oh yes I KNOW...I read so many of them before I thought to start one as well....Many wonderful NEW ideas for me and others...and isn’t that one of the reasons why we are here?   [End]
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Oh wow, my heart just reaches out to you.... Your comment ”my hsb, if left alone, would live on milk, coffee, sugar and breads.” I KNOW...add chocolate to that list and I would be charging my husband with keeping a second wife somewhere else...LOL... Every meal I prepare, my son is leaning over me ( he is about six feet tall) asking ”Is that REAL FOOD or one of your weird things?” My husband gets on to him and then HE sits with his plate and pokes stuff around spouting assorted witticisms about it... I tried a new garden burger recipe last night and he fed some to his dog and asked ...
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Thank you for the warm welcome.... I am glad to have all the support...I think its harder to break away from cooked food this time around....it seems more tempting... I have seen quite a few of your comments, you are very knowledgeable. Look forward to more.   [End]
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I just got up this morning and was feeling so enthusiastic...I thought what the hey...it will be fun...and as the only raw fooder in my household, I need all the support I can get... Great to see you. Thanks for the encouraging comment.   [End]
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Join me as I go back to 100% Raw. I was there, and I LOVED it. Easier, better, healthier, more beautiful, more energy and the best and easiest and most PERMANENT weight loss. I have severe endometriosis and in the year I lived raw I had NO symptons, no flare ups, no bleed outs, and within weeks of going 100% NO PAIN. Why did I leave...stupidity, lack of courage, laziness. I am a married mother of two. I am the only RAW in my home. My daughter is essentially vegetarian...I call her a flexatarian...she still wants a cheeseburger...I know...UGH. My husband and son eat what I cook or UNC ...
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New to the forums here and could not figure out how to reply to your message I recieved via email but anyway...the recipes for both Almond Milk and Sesame milk are similiar and SO EASY!! For the almond milk... Ingredients...one cup almonds, four cups-six water, a bit of celtic sea salt, and honey to taste. (Some people use raw organic sugar cane.) Rinse One cup of raw almonds and then soak in the four cups of water, a minimum of four hours...I soak mine overnight. I keep the soaking water and use it to make the milk, a lot of people throw this water out or else use it in other rec ...
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Just wanted to offer my encouragement. I noticed we seem to be about the same age and I have done the liver cleanse and Master Cleanse before and loved the results. Due to a variety of events since November...(lost both g’parents a month apart and other less traumatic but still stressful occurences)I had gotten totally away from my ”raw lifestyle”....just seemed too complicated to deal with that and my MOTHER at the same time...LOL.. Anyway, have been paying the price health and wellness wise and trying to get back on the bandwagon...about to do a cleansing and fasting routine mys ...
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I had just made a comment to one of your previous posts about adding more nuts, etc to your diet and here you go....Take care...stay strong...I think you are doing great!!!   [End]
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Sweetie, I was reading over your breakdown and my concern is you are getting way more fiber than you are accustomed too...fiber is not a bad thing but a SUDDEN and tremendous increase in fiber could account for the diarhea...as well as the increase in fruits as fruits can have a slightly laxative effect....You are eating a lot of grains, beans, and fruits...which those combinations should certainly be effective for proteins if you subscribe to those theories...have you considered adding more nuts or nut milks and Sesame milk....great tasting source of calcium....Make with honey to start wi ...
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I guess because I am so used to preparing these big cooked meals for a family of four plus assorted peoples who think I adopted them...LOL...the prep and clean up for raw fooding seems like a small thing in comparison....I find I am using my dishwasher about half as much...I think the savings in dish detergent alone is a major plus...LOL... I also like that so many things are just wipe and rinse as comparted to scrub, bleach, rinze etc for the SAD and any meat eaters lifestyle.... Just my thoughts...for whatever they are worth.   [End]
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If you will, before slicing, roll it around in your hands, and squeeze it gently like you would an orange....you will feel its texture change....from the firmness to a blobbiness....be gentle though, if you split the skin, you will have juice every where...then when you are ready....make a small slit and squeeze.... You will be surprised at how much juice you can get out of one this way.   [End]
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